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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an Independence Day address at the White House barbecue for military families, July 4, 2022. Source: YouTube/Screenshot.

Gaza and the Vulnerable President

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Oct. 26, Biden reportedly apologized to five Muslim leaders for questioning Hamas’ casualty figures, even lowering himself to admit he was “disappointed in myself.” His Oct. 26 comments could be translated thusly: “Please turn out...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a situational assessment near Israel's northern border with Lebanon, Dec. 7, 2023. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu warns Hezbollah: You will be responsible for turning Lebanon into Gaza

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If the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group chooses to launch an all-out war against the Jewish state, it will be responsible for "turning Beirut and Southern Lebanon into Gaza and Khan Yunis," Israeli Prime Minister...
White House in Washington, D.C. Photo by Menachem Wecker.

Cochav Elkayam-Levy meets with senior White House officials

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Senior White House officials met on Dec. 6 with Cochav Elkayam-Levy, chair of Israel’s civil commission on Oct. 7 crimes by Hamas against women and children, per a White House readout. Jennifer Klein, assistant to the...
A fuel tanker enters the Gaza Strip from Israel via the Kerem Shalom Crossing, August 8, 2022. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Israel to open Kerem Shalom to inspect aid trucks

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Israel will open the Kerem Shalom Crossing to inspect humanitarian aid trucks in the coming days. However, the trucks must still enter Gaza via the Rafah crossing with Egypt. The Kerem Shalom Crossing, located at...
Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

US asks Israel not to respond to Houthi attacks

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The United States has asked Israel not to respond to attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen lest it spark a wider regional conflict, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The United States told Israel to let...
IMAGE CAPTION:U.S. Envoy Amos Hochstein, Feb. 9, 2021. Credit: U.S. Embassy in Lebanon.

US still wants Israel-Saudi normalization, top envoy says

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Washington still hopes Israel and Saudi Arabia will normalize relations, despite the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza, a top Biden administration official said on Thursday. "I think that not every road is a straight...
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in Saint Petersburg during an interview with Russian TV, June 1, 2017. Credit: Truba7113/Shutterstock.

Israel: UN chief’s tenure ‘danger to world peace’

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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Wednesday accused U.N. chief Antonio Guterres of supporting Hamas and called his tenure a global threat. "Guterres’ tenure is a danger to world peace. His request to activate Article...
Jerusalem Day celebrations in Jerusalem at the Old City's Damascus Gate, May 18, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Hamas, PA call to prevent ‘extremist’ Jerusalem Hanukkah march

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Some 200 Jewish activists are expected to join a contentious Hanukkah march in Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday evening, the first night of the festival of lights, to protest against Jordan's control over Judaism's...
Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, at a rally in Beit Lahiya, May 30, 2021. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.

Mosque decision points to possible Sinwar escape route

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Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar, considered one of the masterminds of the Oct. 7 massacre, may try to escape into Egypt through entry points under mosques, according to Israeli media reports. Hamas's Religious...
MK Sharren Haskel (second from left), co-chair of the Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Dec. 6, 2023. Photo: Courtesy.

Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus calls to dismantle UNRWA

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The United Nations has become an accomplice to Palestinian terrorism, and UNRWA, its organization that deals exclusively with Palestinian refugees and their descendants, needs to be dismantled, a leader of the Knesset’s Christian Allies...